Giles L. Cobb

Birth Date

c1822

Death Date

1867-10-04

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant, assistant quartermaster, and provisional government convention member. Kentucky native. Married to Marian Cobb. Merchant in Crittenden County in 1850. Employed James Redford as a clerk in Lyon County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1850. Merchant in Lyon County in 1860. Employed James Murphy as a clerk in Lyon County in 1860. Employed Barlley James as a clerk in Lyon County in 1860. Employed Malcom G. Callet as a merchant in Lyon County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lyon County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861. Served in the 8th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) as an assistant quartermaster, quartermaster, and captain from February 10, 1862. Captured in Lyon County on May 25, 1862. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio from September 12, 1862 to September 29, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, District 1, p. 221B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District No. 1, p. 347
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 764.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A.
Find A Grave, "Giles L Cobb (1822-1867)," Memorial #128609689, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128609689 (accessed October 29, 2019).
Find A Grave, "G L Cobb (1823-1867)," Memorial #68834046, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68834046 (accessed October 29, 2019).
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0125.

Civil War Governors of Kentucky is always evolving. Help us improve the edition by suggesting a correction or addition to this record.

Suggest a correction